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I think Stella Blue and Terrapin were his tippy/tops. You’re right tho: When Jerry has a great Dew, it’s outta this world and then some

10/10/80 - Warfield one of my favorite Althea’s ❤️ https://archive.org/details/gd80-10-10.sbd.cousinit.24710.sbefail.shnf

I streamed that show! Yes - they tried to eliminate you, Duck: Mighty High > Corrina > Eyes of the World >Viola Lee Blues > Dark Star > Space > Wharf Rat >Dark Star > Truckin’, Morning Dew, Chinatown Shuffle

Bring Out Yer Dead Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh 7/10/90 - Carter Finley Stadium, Raleigh Jack Straw, Loser, We Can Run But We Can't Hide, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, Friend Of The Devil, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Bird Song, Promised Land* Iko Iko, Playin' In The Band-> Uncle John's Band-> Playin' In The Band Jam-> Drums-> Jam-> The Other One-> Stella Blue>Not Fade Away, E: Brokedown Palace * Cut the power to the stage mid-song for a minute then picked Promised Land back up from where they stopped F: US Blues > OMSN Boy - that was fun! Whole show was very well done. Very fluid, very sweaty, floated home.

First summer tour was 1988. Buckeye to Berkeley

6/10/1973 - That there is a hearty-helping of some good 'ole grateful dead! Has just about everything I'd need https://archive.org/details/gd1973-06-10.sbd.miller.89640.sbeok.flac16 Anyone know if DSO has ever done this show before? It's length is problematic in this day and age. If they haven't, Jubilee or Jamaica would be about the only spots I could think of where it's possible

We went back east after Shoreline - probably a good choice in retrospect even though I had my heart set on "hanging out in Cali maaaannnnnnn" for a few weeks.

Happy 80th Birthday to one Robert Allen Zimmerman! My hero.

I FINALLY got a taste of some live GD-esque music this weekend. It felt really, really, really, really, really, really, really bleeping excellent to be back in the saddle - even if the musicianship was a far cry from DSO's collective chops. It was also really, really, really, really, really, really great to meet some new friends and dance the night away! Like a breath of the freshest air there is... I know I should be grateful to be alive with a healthy immediate family and a job BUT this last year has been so very tough on me - on all of us I'm sure. Innocence lost, love lost, family lost, lost family, respite lost. It all makes me so sad that it's hard to get up in the morning to face the day. Sorrow used to be an occasional visitor in my life but now it's moved into our spare bedroom and often takes over for days and days at a time. Grief is a very strange animal - I wish it would just go. People tell me I need to let it run it's course but it often feels like touching a hot stove. When it's not burning me, it feels like being alone in a boat that's sinking during a rainstorm - in the middle of the ocean. I guess I have to hurt in order to heal, right? Sorry for the therapy blog - if I keep it in, it literally eats me alive from the inside out. LIVE music won't be the sole reason that I make it through the maze I'm in but I'm certain it will help me reach a more comfortable place/perspective. It was really nice to smile again and to leave my trials and tribulations alone - even for just a couple hours. I'm looking forward to the peace that this music can bring me and sharing that joy with some amazing people.

Check out the triple-crest Truckin. Hippie Heavy Metal 🔥

Shakedown, Saint, Estimated, Althea, OMSN, Hell in a Bucket last nite. Any others? I started gettin sleepy 😵

Happy Birthday Papa MC!

Jeeeeeezus! Get this man an IV

Yeah - got loose last nite and ended up getting locked outta the house. No spare keys or open windows. I tried to wake up my son but got the wife instead - along with tripping the security camera. She was 91 into dialing 911 until she saw it was me. There was no “I’m just disappointed” just molten lava. Miss the SOTE gang and all you other knuckleheads

"There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don’t think any eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great, much more than a superb musician, with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He’s the very spirit personified of whatever is Muddy River country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn’t only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he’ll ever know. There’s a lot of spaces and advances between The Carter Family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle". "There’s no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep." BOB DYLAN - 1995/08/11

Define nothing. HTH from 8/6 is 4/29’s Daddy. They were almost 4 months more refined. 4 months is one year in GD evolution

8/6/71? Yes please! Top Tenner on every list - no matter the day. Legendary recording from an apparent Noob. What? https://archive.org/details/gd71-08-06.aud.bertrando.yerys.129.sbeok.shnf Hard to Handle tops 4/29/71. It actually toys with it before killing it. Sorry Chris great, great, great Cumby. BUT Truckin > Drums > Other One > MAMU > Other One is one of the best segments the GD ever played . I’m 98% partial to all-time Jerry tune segments but this is some of the best stuff there is. Zero hyperbole

D/S > China Doll is the goods

7/25/74 Love the Dark Star > Slipknot Jam > Stella Blue. Sound Quality is A+

I love the energy from 3/31 - always been a keeper for me. Love the FM broadcast! Glad you were there ❤️

Time is a stripper Best Desolation I ever saw - there weren’t many lol! Deer Creek - 7/19/90

That show tried to please just about everyone! Got stubbed into the pavilion halfway through Looks Like Rain. The rest was just a blur of beauty and was 💯 % convinced they were doing it just for me!

Never been so wet in all my life - everything soaked, crappy tent toast. Blue tarp was my coat and blanket. It’s probably just a coincidence that I was diagnosed with pneumonia when I went home to patch my bones. The things we do for love ❤️